Research Interests: Environmental Health, Life Style, Physical Activity, Urban Health, Chronic illness, and 17 moreLinear models, Gardening, Life Satisfaction, Humans, Female, Male, Netherlands, Health Status, General Health, Aged, Middle Aged, Stressful Life Events, Health surveys, Self report, Environmental, Personal Satisfaction, and Control Group
Research Interests: General Practice, Communication, Health Promotion, Focus Groups, Qualitative Research, and 17 moreDoctor-patient communication, Holistic Health, Motivation, Self Efficacy, Patient education, Information seeking, Humans, Female, Male, Netherlands, Qualitative Study, Educational Models, Dietetics, Information Seeking, Nutritional Sciences, Clinical Competence, and Psychological Models
Samenvatting Van Dillen SME. Huisartsen merken behoefte aan deskundig voedingsadvies van hun patiënten vaak niet op. Huisarts Wet 2007;50(4):155-8. Patiënten verwachten dat huisartsen met hen over voeding praten. Ze vinden huisartsen de... more
Samenvatting Van Dillen SME. Huisartsen merken behoefte aan deskundig voedingsadvies van hun patiënten vaak niet op. Huisarts Wet 2007;50(4):155-8. Patiënten verwachten dat huisartsen met hen over voeding praten. Ze vinden huisartsen de beste bron voor voedingsinformatie en geven hoog op van hun betrouwbaarheid, deskundigheid, toegankelijkheid en duidelijkheid. Huisartsen zien wel dat het belangrijk is om met patiënten over voeding te spreken,
This study examined factors that discriminate between parents who regularly inspect their children for ticks and those who do not do so. Knowledge, cognitive and emotional attitudes, social influences, and self-efficacy expectations were... more
This study examined factors that discriminate between parents who regularly inspect their children for ticks and those who do not do so. Knowledge, cognitive and emotional attitudes, social influences, and self-efficacy expectations were assessed in 230 parents living in high endemic regions. Regression analysis showed that moral norms, emotional attitude, anticipated regret, role models, and stress self-efficacy were positively associated with inspection behavior. Health education programs not only need to stimulate parental knowledge and discuss the health effects of tick bite prevention, they also need to stress the emotional benefits of tick bite prevention for children and parents and induce positive norms toward inspecting others. Furthermore, they need to stimulate openness about inspection behaviors, since the modeling examples of partners, relatives, and grandparents and the behavior of friends discriminate between inspecting and noninspecting parents. Finally, education pr...